272 staphtlinidj:. [^Philonthths. 



are brown, and the base of the antennas, apex of hind body^ and the 

 intersections of the ventral segments of the latter are more or less 

 brigiitly pitchy red. L. 5 mm . 



lu haystack refuse, dung-heaps, dead leaves, &c. ; rather common and widely 

 distributed throughout Eugland ; Scotland, Solway, Tweed, Forth, aud Clyde 

 districts. 



This species may be distinguished from small specimens of the variety 

 of P. eheninus with light legs by the distinctly finer punctuation of the 

 elytra. 



P. sang-uinolentus, Grav. Front parts shining black, hind body 

 dull black, elytra with a common sutural patch and a more or less dis- 

 tinct patch at each shoulder, red ; head subquadrate, about as broad as 

 thorax in male, narrower in female, antennae black with the insertion of 

 the first joints pitchy red, penultimate joints not transverse ; thorax 

 about as broad as elytra ; elytra about as long as thorax, distinctly, 

 thickly, and asperately punctured ; hind body very finely and thickly 

 punctured, almost shagreened ; legs dark with the tibiae and tarsi some- 

 times brownish, and the anterior coxas testaceous, anterior tarsi rather 

 strongly dilated in both sexes. L. 7-7i mm. 



Male with seventh segment of hind body very deeply and sharply 

 excised, with the excision furnished behind with a membranous border, 

 sixth segment very feebly emarginate. 



In dung, haystack refuse, &c. ; somewhat local, but widely distributed ; London 

 district, common ; Isle of Wight ; Exeter ; Swansea ; BHrmouth ; Wicken Fen ; 

 Yardley and Kuovvle, near Birmingham ; Repton ; Manchester and Liverpool dis- 

 tricts ; Northumberland district, rare ; Scotland, Solway and Tweed districts only ; 

 Ireland, near Belfast and Dublin. 



P. cruentatus, Gmel. (hipustulatus. Panz. nee WolL). Black with 

 a larger or smaller red patch on each elytron towards apex, near suture ; 

 besides the difference in colour, it may be distinguished from the pre- 

 ceding by the following characters : in general form it is somewhat 

 narrower and more fusiform ; the head is smaller and more ovate ; the 

 hind body is less closely punctured and more shining ; the anterior tibiae 

 are strongly spinose on their exterior margin, whereas in P. sanguinolentus 

 they are at most feebly spinose ; the legs also are blacker, and the 

 anterior coxse are dark, concolorous with the rest of the front legs. 

 L. 7-7i mm. 



Male with the seventh segment of hind body deeply excised, the 

 excision being in great measure filled with membrane. 



In dung, moss, haystack refuse, &c. ; often found on the coast ; common and 

 generally distributed in the Southern, London, and Midland districts; less common 

 further north ; not recorded from the Northumberland district, and very local in 

 Scotland, Solway and Forth districts; Ireland, near Belfast. 



In Dr. Power's collection there is a very curious variety which has the 

 extreme apex of each elytron rather broadly reddish testaceous, the colour 



